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Cacti. — Orcult. 



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duces peculiar intoxicating 1 effects sim- 

 ilar to those from the use of opium, 

 and the plant enters into certain re- 

 ligious rites of the Indians of the Sierra 

 Madre mountains in Mexico. A power- 

 ful drug is prepared from the plant by 

 chemists. 



ECHINOCACTUS WIPPERMANNII 



Mueh. 

 ECHINOCACTUS WISL1ZENI Engelm. 

 Variety ALBISPINA Tourmey. 

 Variety DBCIPIENS Engelmann. 



Genus ECHINOCEREUS Engelmann. 



Included under the genus Cereus. 

 E. Berlandieri Lem, is Cereus Berlandi- 

 eri E. 

 E. Blankii Palm, is Cereus Blankii Pos. 

 Echinocereus conglomeratus P, is Cereus 



polyacanthus. 

 Echinocereus leeanus Lem, is Cereus 



polyacamthus. 

 Echinocereus leonensis Maths, is Cereus 



leonensis. 

 E. Leptacanthus KS, is Cereus leptacan- 



thus S, 

 Echinocereus Merkeri Hildm, is Cereus 



MerKeri. 

 Echinocereus paucispinus Lem, is Cereus 



polyacanthus. 

 E. proeumbens Lem, is Cereus procum- 



bens E. ; 

 E. pulchellus KS, is Cereus pulchellus Pf 

 E. fcaim-Dyckianus Scheer, is Cereus 



Salm-Dyckianus Web. 

 E. Scheeri Lem, is Cereus Scheeri S. 

 E. subinermis S, is Cereus subinermis. 

 E. tuber osus Rumpl, is Cereus tuberosus 



Pos. 



Genns ECHINOPSIS Zuccarini. 



Included under the genus Cereus. 

 ECHINOPSIS AMOBNI3SIMA Wend. 

 ECnlNOPgli CAT iMAR'CE'NSIS Web. 

 ECHINOPSIS CINNABARINA Lab. 



Boliv a, South America. 

 BCH'NOPSIS DKOEGEiANA Berge. 

 ECHIisOPSIS D CIS-PAULI F. 

 ECiilNOPS'S BYRIBSII Zucc. 

 ECHINOPSIS PORMO'SA Jac. 

 ECHINOPSIS GLMMATA KS. 



Brazil. South America. 

 ECHINOPSIS HUOTTIT Lab. 

 ECHINOPSIS KUOTTII Schlumb. 

 ECHINOPSIS LAGEMANNII D:etr. 

 ECHINOPSIS LEUCANTHA Vv alp. 



ECHINOPSIS MULLERI. A hybrid, of rapid 

 growth, blooming early, and with its large 

 satiny rose-colored flowers is justly called the 

 finest of its class. 

 ECHINOPSIS MULTIPLEX Zucc. 



B-rPZil, South America. 

 ECHINOPSIS NIGRICANS Link. 

 ECHINOPSIS. OBRBPANDA KS. 



Boliv ; a, South America. 

 ECHINOPSIS OXYGONA Zucc. 



Brazil, South America. 

 ECHINOPSIS PBNTLANDII S. 



Peru, South America. 

 ECHINOPSIS PUDANTII Hort. 

 ECHINOPSIS RHODACANTHA S. 

 ECHINOPSIS ROIILANDII Hort. 

 ECHINOPSIS SAL MIAN A Web. 

 Vajrfefy R"TD' ! ES'I KS. 

 Er'TTTNOPSIS SCHlCKENDANTZII 



Web. 



EiCHINOPSIS SIMPLEX Niedl 



EIC'E l sOPSIS ! 01 (jAitDll L'Her. 



ECHINOPSIS TUBIFLORiA Zucc. 



Variety nkjihsimna. KS. 



Eichlniopsls turbinata Zucc, is gemmata 



fide KS. 

 ECHINOPSIS VALIOA Monv. 



Paraguay Republic, South America. 

 V.-i.rictv KORBESII R. M(;y. 

 Ei( 'III NOPS1 :S W ELK ENS M Hort. 

 Elchinop'sis zucoarinii (zuceatiniana) Pf, 



is tubiflora fide KS. 

 Epithelanitha micromeris Web, is Mam- 

 mi 11 aria micromeris Engelmann. 



Genns EFIPHYLLVH PfeJffer. 



EPIPHYLLUM ALTENSTEINII Pfr. 

 EPIPHYLLUM GUELNEYRT PToul. 

 EPIPHYLLUM MAOKOYANUM Hort. 

 EPI HYLLUM OBOVATUM E. 

 EPIPHYLLUM RUSSELTANUM Hook. 

 EPIPHYLLUM TRUNCATUM Haw. 



Inch, Crab, or Lobster Cactus; a native 

 of Brazil, popular ps a house plant. 

 GRUSONIA CEREIFORMIS F Rchb, is 



Opuntia cer r iform ; s Web flde KS. 



Genus GYMNOCALYCIUM Pfeiffer. 

 G. gRbosum Pf, is Echicoeactus mon- 



viilei. 

 G. reductum Pf, is Echinocactus gibbo-. 



sus. 

 G. vil'osrm F, is Echinocactus villosus. 



Genns LEPISMIUM Pfeiffer. 



The published species, as far as known, 

 are considered es c ynonyms of Rhitsalis. 



Genns LEUCHTENBERGIA Fisch. 



LEUCHTENBERGTA PRINCIPIS Fisch. 



Near Zimipa:, Mexico. 



Genns LOPHOPHORA Conlter. 



LOPHOPHORA WILLIAMSII Coulter. 

 See fcchiiiocactus williauisii. 



Genns MALACQCARPUS Salm. 



Nearly all the published species are con- 

 sidered as synonyms of Echinocacd, of 

 the same specific names. 



The identity of M. Martini Labour (ex 

 Foerster, Handb Cact ed 2, 1:454) and 

 habitat are unknown. 



Genus MAMMILLARIA Haworth. 



"Flowers about as long as wide; the 

 tube campanulate or funnel-shaped. Ova- 

 ry often hidden between the bases of the 

 tubercles, as well as ihe ex sent succulent 

 berry, naked. Seeds yellowish-brown to 

 blacK, exal Luminous or nearly so. Em- 

 bryo) mostly short and straight, with ex- 

 tremely short cotyledons parallel to the 

 sides of the seed. — Small, more or less 

 g obese or oval simple or cespitose plants, 

 the spine-bearing areolae fcorne on cylin- 

 dric, oval, conic, or angular tubercles, 

 which cover the body of the plant. Flow- 

 ers form a distinct woolly or bristly areo- 

 la at the base of these tuberc.es, fully 

 open in sunlight, most.y only for a few 

 hours." — E. 



Subgenus COCHEMIEA. Plants cyl-- 

 metrical, usually much elongated, with 

 watery juice, and grooveless tubercles. 

 Flowers mostly in a rirg near the ver- 

 tex, several times longer than broad, 



